“ powerful lAngUlAstra stotra (the tail which is the
weapon) invokes Hanuman in his form as vIrAnjaneya. One should worship the
deity in a vigraha made of rakta-chandana, using red flowers and other
upachAras. Then the sAdhaka should recite the Stava once, thrice, seven or
twenty-one times sitting under an ashvattha tree. This process is repeated for
forty-eight days while keeping the vow of strict celibacy. By doing thus, all
enemies of the sAdhaka are mitigated by the grace of mAruti. Without
indriya-nigraha, undertaking such practices can prove to be dangerous.”

Sri Ganesaya Nama

Salutations to Ganesa

1.Hanuman anjani soono maha bala parakrama,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

1.Oh Hanuman who is son of Anjana , who is greatly strong and valorous,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

2.Markatadhipa
marthanda mandala grasa Karaka,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

2.Oh Lord of monkeys
who tried to catch
the planet sun,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

3.Aksha kshapana pingaaksha kshithijaa sukshayankara ,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

3.Oh destroyer of Akshayakumara who I has brown eyes, who took a care of daughter of earth,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

4.Rudrvathara samsara
dukha bhara apaharaka ,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

4.Oh Incarnation of
Lord shiva who removes the
load of sorrows of samsara,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

5.Sri Rama charanamboja
madhu payitha Manasa,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

5.Oh Hanuman whose mind is filled with the honey of lotus feet of Rama,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

6.Vali pramadhana
klantha Sugreevon mochana prabho,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

6.Oh Lord who
saved Sugreeva from the clutches
of amorous Vali,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

7.Sitha viraha varresa magna sithesa tharaka ,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

7.Oh Lord who
crossed the lord of Sita who
was drowned in sorrow of parting with Sita,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

8.Raksho raja prathapagni
dahyamana jagadvana,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

8. Oh burnt
the forests of the world for putting out the fire
of fame of king of Rakshasas,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

9.Grasthasesha jagath swasthya , Rakshasambodhi mandhara.

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

9.Oh Lord who is the Mandhara who eclipsed the ocean of Rakshasas for good
of the world,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

10.Pucha gucha
sphuradh veera jagadh
daghadhari pathana,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

10.Oh valorous one
who dropped fire from his tail to burn
a town in the world,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

11.Jagan mano
durullangya paaravaara vilangana ,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

11.Oh Lord who
crossed the ocean to remove the
sorrows in mind of the world.

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

12.Smrutha mathra
samastheshtapoorama ,
pranatha priya,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

12.Oh Lord who as soon as he was remembered
fulfilled all desires of those who love him,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

13.Rathrinchara thamo rathri krunnaika
vikarthana,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

13.Oh Lord who like the sun removed the night of those who move at night,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

14.Janaki janakeehjyaani
prema pathra , paramthapa,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

14.Oh destroyer of foes, who was liked by Janaki, for his
sacrifices to her,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

15.BHimadhika maha Bheema
,veeravesava tharaka ,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

15.Oh lord who was
bigger than the biggest , who was
the star in emotional valour,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

16.Vaidehi virahaklantha
Rama Roshaika Vigraha,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

16.The lord who had an angry
form seeing sufferings of Rama due to parting with Sita,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

17.Vajranga ,
Nakha damshtresa, vajri vajr avakundana
,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

17.Oh lord with strong limbs , the lord
who used teeth and nails Who was strong killer of surrounding enemies,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

18.Akharva garva gandharva parvathoth bedha naswara,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

18.Oh Lord who never gets destroyed but
destroyed the important proud Gandharwa mountain,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

19.Lakshmana
prana santhrana thratha stheeshnakaranvaya ,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

19.He who saved the life of Lakshmana, who protected
using his sharp
big hands,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

20.Ramadhiviprayogartha, bharathad thyarthi nasana ,

Lola llangula
pathena mamarthi nipathaya

20.He who fulfllled
missions given by Rama and who
destroyed sufferings of Bharatha,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

21.Dronachala
samuth kshepa samuth kshipthaari
vaibhava,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

21.He who threw Drona mountain and made it disappear and had the fame of destroying by such throwing ,

By hitting with your shaking tail
remove all my sufferings.

22. Sita aseervadha
sampanna samasthatha vaya vaakshatha,

Lola llangula pathena mamarthi nipathaya

22.He who was filled
with blessings of Sita and who protected her from all ,

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

(Here is pretty song
by which Lord Hanuman hiding on the tree in Asoka forest tells
Goddess Sita of his arrival. Hear it being sung by
clicking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7L-9HGy_e8
. This is from the Ramanand Sagar’s TV serial on Ramayaa.)

Sunday, March 27, 2016

(This great prayer
was composed by one of the great
saints of Vaishnavism, Swami Vedantha
Desika wjen he visited the temple of
AandaL (Godha) at Srivilliputhur. The words
of these prayer can be interpreted
in very many ways and are difficult to
easily follow. My translation is based on the peripheral
understanding of the prayer after
reading the learned commentary given in

Friday, March 25, 2016

It was in 1946 (70
years back) as a six year old who knew
only slight English, Telugu , broken Tami , no Malayalam and Urdu that I was forced to migrate back to Kerala ,
with my mother and siblings due to
the public massacre (as a baby I
had seen people being stabbed from our Balcony) that took place in Hyderabad. WE did not
have a home in Kerala and so
we went to my Pattiyammai’s home (My mother’s mother) in Ayilur .My Pattiyammai whose name was
Subbambal had married her cousin my Pattappa . It was with great love and lot of
tears that we were received in that home where poverty
was ruling the roost. WE left to Ayilur to my village
Chelakkara in 1947 , just before independence.

When I think of my pattiyaamai (Called by most of the people as Ammu Athai)
, The sensations that comes to my
mind is her cleanliness and her remarkable cooking.
There was not a single dot of stain or dirt in her cloths.
Without using any scent or perfume ,
possibly not even using perfumed toilet
soap,She was always very sweet smelling. She used to love us a lot but
her beliefs were very strict
. There were several methods of getting tainted according to her,
And whenever she felt that we were tainted, we
were forced to take bath. AS a little child who was the real “Raja” of my father’s family and who was at that
time extremely intelligent (I
used to talk about our freedom movement, INA
, Subash bose, Jaya Prakash Narayan
etc at that time) , I was not able to understand her at all .But I
deeply loved and respected her.

She was extremely religious .Early morning when the sun has to still come out , she used
to go to the village river/tank
to take bath.After bath she used to
chant in her very musical voice the
story of Lord Krishna in tamil , in simple sentances , each line
ending with Hari hari . That prayer
would continue after she came
home till aroud 8 Am , with hundrerds of
chores to attend to .AS a little child who knew
all the epics at that tender age(
I was taught them by my father) , I used to daily follow her till she completed that stotra. Though we left Ayilur to our village , the close affection of this disciplinarian, cleanliness fiend
, master chef and an
ocean of love and affection continued
for more than 40 years afterwards
.We lost our Pattiyammai when she was almost 100.But that
hari hari stotra was
always revolving in my mind
wherever I went and whatever I
did. Then God decided
that I should have that stotra.

I have given the
text of that folk prayer
as well as my translation of it in to English. My translation is in such a
way that even the
English translation of the
lines can be chanted by any one. With all humbleness I want
to dedicate this stotra and its translation to my Pattiyammai Subbambal wife of my towering Granpa Sri.A,N.Parameswaraa Iyer of Ayilur . I am sure in heaven she would be happy when she know
this

Pattiyammai , Please accept
this humble offering of mine.

Hari hari stotram (Tamil)

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

(This is a very folk/popular method of reciting BHagawatha or story of Krishna
effortlessly. Housewife’s of the by gone age used to get immersed in god by
reciting this stotra , when they were doing hard work. The simple diction and
the moving story used to bring tears in their eyes some times but one thing was
sure. They never felt the burden of their work. Also they were doing effortless
nama Smaranam of Hari. )